International Higher Education Consulting Blog a project by David Comp

Thursday, March 26, 2015

The Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) just announced their 2015-2016 scholarship winners. Due to the generous support and donations received throughout the year from those committed to the value of study abroad, FEA was able to fund thirty six scholarships of up to $10,000 to undergraduates from across the United States to study abroad.

The 2015-2016 scholarship winners were selected from a pool of almost 1650 applicants representing approximately 525 US colleges and universities.

A team of 110 reviewers individually read and reviewed each application.

Of this year’s recipients, 72% are first-generation college students, 75% are of minority background, 53% attend minority-serving institutions or community colleges, 58% will study in non-traditional destinations, and 92% are studying the host country language.

If you would like to learn more about FEA and how you can support their efforts and help future students incorportate a study abroad experience into their higher education programs of study you can do so via the FEA website.

Disclaimer: I am a member of the FEA Board of Directors and am proud of the work that they do so I am more than happy to promote the 2015-2016 scholarship winners.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

If you work in a public or private university, research, Liberal Arts, minority, or community college, by participating in this institute you will:

Learn how to internationalize your curriculum and campus

Understand comprehensive internationalization and the importance of collaboration and dialogue

Identify innovative pedagogies, technologies, and best practices

Explore the teaching and assessment of global learning objectives

Examine strategic planning and measurements of institutional success

Become a member of a network of international educators and administrators and much more ...

WHY ATTEND ICCI? This unique institute facilitates the internationalization of your campus or unit, curriculum, and/or individual course, to better prepare students, faculty, and staff to be effective scholars, practitioners, and citizens of the 21st century.

WHAT WILL YOU DO? ICCI includes two distinctive tracks (Course Focus and Campus Focus), each with workshops. Whole group highlights include key presentations by national leaders, sessions to identify common ground among disparate campus audiences, an Innovative Internationalization Best Practices panel, a poster session, a multi-regional cultural evening for networking, and a summative taking action session.

PRE-INSTITUTE WORKSHOP: If you are new to internationalization, consider joining the optional pre-institute workshop The Increasingly Comprehensive World of Academic Internationalization: The Essential Context.

ICCI Alumni come from 60 different higher education institutions from around the world!

Individuals and teams are welcome. Registration now open. Space is limited.

International Higher Education Consulting Blog provides timely news and informational pieces, predominately from a U.S. perspective, that are of interest to both the international education and public diplomacy communities. From time to time, International Higher Education Consulting Blog will post thought provoking pieces to challenge readers and to encourage comment and professional dialogue.

NYT feeds IHEC Blog

IHEC Blog was one of six blogs worldwide selected by the New York Times Editors to feed into their International Education section online

Follow IHEC Blog by Email

Subscribe To IHEC Blog

I currently work as the Associate Director of International
Programs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I also serve as a Study Abroad Research
Consultant for the Center for Global Education at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
Prior to my position at Chicago Booth, I worked as the Senior Adviser
for International Initiatives in The College and an Assistant Director in the
Office of International Affairs, both at The University of Chicago.

I serve on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Studies in International
Education (JSIE) and have co-authored several book chapters, journal
articles and reports on international education topics. Additionally, I publish the International Higher Education Consulting
Blog, one of six blogs worldwide selected by the New York Times editors to feed into the International Education
section of the New York Times online. I have also served on multiple task forces
and committees of The Forum on Education Abroad and NAFSA: Association of
International Educators and am currently a board member of the Fund for Education Abroad.

I received my B.A. in Spanish and Latin American
Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, my M.S. in
Family Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and my Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, Comparative and International Education from Loyola University Chicago.

The opinions expressed are my own, and they do not
necessarily represent the views or opinions of my employer.